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Bonjour,
Je suis collectionneur de sables rapportés de mes voyages ou de voyages d'amis ou de membres de ma famille.
Lors de vos prochains voyages, pensez à moi, je rembourse les frais d'envoi.
Le contenu d'une boîte de pellicule photo suffit, mais plus est accepté pour d'éventuels échanges entre collectionneurs.
Sables marins, de lacs, de rivière, de désert, avec l'indication du lieu de prélèvement.
Contactez moi, je me ferai un plaisir de vous répondre.
Albert.
Je vois que ton message date de plusieurs mois mais je pense qu'il est toujours d'actualité. Je voulais donc te demander si tu es interessée par du sable du Mexique (Cancun) que j'ai ramené l'été dernier. Je dois aller dans l'état de Oaxaca, dans le sud du Mexique, cet été. Si ça t'interresse aussi je t'en ferais parvenir dès mon retour.
Bien sûr que je suis toujours intéressé par les sables, je n'ai pas arrêté ma collection. J'accepte les sables de toute provenance à condition qu'ils soient clairement identifiés pays, ville ou lieu et éventuellement point de prélèvement (ou pourquoi pas les coordonnées longitude/latitude pour les heureux possesseurs d'un GPS).
Par exemple : Mexique, Acapulco, plage Gloria, ou encore La Réunion, Etang-Salé, Pointe des Avirons
Et même si j'ai déjà les sables qu'on m'envoie, nous réalisons des échanges entre collectionneurs (et collectionneuses !).
Bien entendu, je rembourse vos frais d'envoi, en timbres par exemple. Pour avoir mes coordonnées postales, envoyez moi un mail en direct.
🙂Moi je suis un nouvel arénophile. Je suis allé au Québec et avec toutes ces plages... Pouf ! je suis tombé dedans. Pour le moment, je n'en ai pas beaucoup. Mais je voulais savoir dans quoi vous mettiez votre sable. Moi je voudrai le mettre dans des petites bouteilles mais c'est impossible dans trouver dans le commerce. Si vous pouviez me dire dans quoi vous les mettez.
Sinon, on pourrai faire des échanges, mais quand j'en aurait un peu plus !😉
Je mets mes sables dans des tubes de verre de laboratoire longueur 180 mm, diamètre 18 mm, avec bouchons de liège
Ces tubes ont l'avantage d'avoir une capacité d'environ 30 cm3, ce qui est le volume d'une boite de pellicule photo, unité d'échange entre collectionneurs.
Certains collectionneurs se contentent de tubes de 10 cm3. La collection est ainsi moins encombrante.
Si tu veux d'autres détails contactes moi par e-mail privé, Je peux même t'envoyer des photos de sables prises à la loupe binoculaire. Certaines sont époustouflantes. Dans certains sables on trouve des grenats, des rubis, des saphirs. Certe il n'ont que quelques dixièmes de millimètre de diamètre, mais ce sont des vrais. Et il n'y a pas forcément besoin d'aller à l'étranger pour çà, on en trouve même en France.
Je te remercie de ta réponse, et j'aimerai bien que tu me montre tes photos et que tu m'apprenes a reconnaître les pierres précieuses, car ca doit etre trés impressionnant de voir ca dans un tube chez soi.
Je voulais aussi savoir tu habitais, car nous aurions pu faire des échanges, même si je sais, Poitiers n'est pas au bord de la mer.
je suis egalement debutant en arenophile, si vous aussi vous voulez faire partager vos trouvailles, je suis pret a remboursser les frais de port tenez moi au courant ptithomme@ifrance.com
je suis ouvert a n'importe quelles sortes de sables de touts pays
etant moi aussi une modeste arenophile j'aimerais savoir ou vous vous procurez les tubes a essai (adresse de fournisseurs de materiels de labo) afin d'y mettre mes petits echantillons de sable.
🙂salut, je vois que tu collectionne les sables, si cela t'interresse j'en ais de republique dominicaine (l'ile de saona), du mexique (hotel barcelo bavaro sur la riviera maya) et cette annee je pars aux seychelles .Mais j'ai vu dans ton profil que tu y avais ete, dis moi de quel cote tu veux que je te prenne du sable.
Est ce que les seychelles t'on plu ?
Et quels sont pour toi les plus belle plages a visitees.
Je viens de découvrir ce forum et étant arénophile depuis quelques années aussi (je n'ai que 21 ans) je serais ravi de recevoir qq sables que vous auriez en trop.
Je recherche aussi des contacts pr trouver des récipients pour exposer mon sables car je ne suis encore que débutant en la matière ;-)
Tout vos conseils me seront très précieux.
@ Bientôt😉
P.S. jeremietardy@free.fr
"Se contenter de ce que l'on possède est la plus grande et la plus sûr des richesses"
Je repars si tout va bien deux fois cet hiver Donc, à la demande possibilité de ramener du sable du Mali et soit du Cameroun soit du Niger Voyages prévus en Decembre Janvier
La réponse est aussi valable pour zytrack qui se propose d'en rapporter de Birmanie.
Bien entendu je rembourse les frais d'envoi et je vous envoie des photos prises à travers la loupe binoculaire.
Contactez moi par message privé dès votre retour, ou même avant si vous le souhaitez. Je vous donnerai mon adresse.
Merci d'avance.
Albert
PS : L'image attachée à ce message est une photo prise à travers ma loupe binoculaire du sable de la baie Beau Vallon, Ile de Mahé, Seychelles. Du sable que m'a aimablement envoyé Gudule, que je remercie encore une fois ici pour sa gentillesse.
Ma collection compte actuellement 790 échantillons de sables de 141 pays différents, et elle grandit presque tous les jours.
Ici il est défendu de rapporter du sable au Canada... (C'est certain que plusieurs le font quand même, mais le douanier qui le trouve doit le confisquer !) Étonnement, plusieurs bureaux de voyages ont leur propre collection aussi. J'aimerais bien voir une photo d'une collection.
Bonjour,
Intéressant, je ne pensais pas qu'il y avait autant d'engouement pour l'arenophilie (c'est comme ça qu'on dit?).
Il me reste du sable de Dori au Sahel, Nord Burkina Faso, intéressé? envoyez moi un mail en privé, je vous en enverrai.
"Je vais où mes pas me portent. J'espère que mes pieds sont plus intelligents que moi." Titus
Je suis étonné que l'entrée du sable au Québec soit interdite. J'ai déjà échangé des sables plusieurs fois avec des Canadiens et ils ne m'ont jamais signalé ce problème. Ils ont reçus tous les échantillons que je leur ai envoyé avec, sur le paquet, une mention portée à l'attention de la douane qui ne laisse aucun doute sur le contenu du colis.
Alai2557 : des précisions toutes fraîches. Ce samedi je rencontrais un douanier canadien qui confirmait que l'importation de sables par des particuliers était interdite... MAIS
Mais les touristes qui rapportent des souvenirs (en sable) de la grosseur d'une boîte photo n'ont aucun problème (pour le moment). Confisquer et rédiger le rapport qui vient avec est une perte de temps (pour le moment).
Ce qui est systématiquement confisqué, et même en petite quantité, c'est la terre. Cependant certaines terres de certaines régions du monde peuvent ressembler à du sable lorsque séchées.
Les petites quantités envoyées par la poste sont aussi "tolérées" (pour le moment). Ce douanier semblait insinuer que de nouvelles dispositions à la loi pourraient changer les choses.
coucou tout le monde!!!! Voila je suis une jeune arenophile et je voudrais faire des echange. Je eux echanger des sables de thailandes (phi phi ...), des seychelles(digue, praslin, mahe), canaries maltes...
Si ca vous interesse n hesitez pas ..
kiss😛
😄C est la folie cette histoire de sable, je ne pensais pas que cela pouvait entrainer autant d engoument.😄
Bon alors je me propose d y contribuer en te faisant parvenir le plutot possible un echantillon des rives du fleuve Amazone si cela t interresse et des rives du lac Titicaca. Pour le moment je suis pris par mon travail mais le fleuve Amazone est juste a cote de la ou je me trouve. Ceci dit, toujours si cela t interresse, je peux te faire parvenir du sable du fleuve Marañon (je suis tout a cote), le fleuve qui donne naissance a l Amazone.
Bon regale toi bien.
A+
Chachapoyas : 6° 14' S - 77° 72' W, dis moi si je me trompe. Un bon collectionneur doit savoir situer exactement le lieu d'ou provient son sable !
Je serais d'autant plus heureux d'avoir du sable de cette région du Pérou que c'est au cours d'un voyage dans ce pays en 1998 que j'ai ramassé mes 3 premiers échantillons, sans savoir à ce moment là que je deviendrais collectionneur plus tard. C'était simplement des souvenirs de voyage.
Mon tout premier échantillon : Le contenu de mes baskets après l'ascension d'une dune près de l'oasis de Huacachina (Ica)
Le second : A quelques km de Tanaca (région d'Arequipa), à un endroit ou la Panamericaine passe très près de l'océan
Le troisième : Ile de Taquilé, sur le Lac Titicaca.
Si j'y retournais maintenant, ce n'est pas seulement 3 échantillons que je rapporterais !
Bien entendu, je suis intéressé aussi par le sable du bord du Lac Titicaca.
Ne te fais quand même pas trop de soucis pour les coordonnées GPS. Elles ne sont pas toujours indispensable lorsqu'on peut situer le point de prélèvement par rapport à la ville la plus proche.
Je voulais simplement te dire que je pensais avoir trouvé les coordonnées de Chachapoyas.
Je voulais te demander des précisions sur ton matériel te permettant de faire les photos que tu met en ligne. Quel type d'apparail est-ce, combien cela coûte-t-il, et ou l'acheter.
Merci d'avance.
jp
NB: Es-tu équiper en sable provenance: Egypte, Hurghade, plage de Safaga, au lieu de kite surf pour les connaisseurs...😉
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Many of us have noticed that bugs have been making it difficult to navigate the forum lately.
I’ll let Kate and Ticapi explain the issue:
I went to your profile to check out the Thailand travel journal, and when I clicked on it, it brought me back here again. All week, I’ve been dealing with bugs like this—it’s really discouraging from continuing on VF.🙁
I had the same thing happen, and multiple times. For me, it was Montagnard’s latest journal that kept coming up no matter which discussion I clicked on.
Hi everyone, fellow travelers!
I’m looking for anyone who’s in Kyoto or planning to visit Nishiki Market! Here’s the thing: during our trip there in April, we discovered a jewelry artisan (highly recommended!) on the left when exiting through the west exit of Nishiki Market (which is a long covered east-west street). I bought a piece of jewelry for my daughter there, but she lost it. I’d love to buy her another one! In the photo, it’s the shop with the yellow awning to the right of the restaurant with the blue awning, "Sushi Sakai." Would any kind soul be willing to get the shop’s name, email, or phone number for me? Despite my Google/AI searches, it’s nowhere to be found. A thousand thanks to whoever can help me out! Wishing you all great vacations!
Sabrina
Hello everyone! 🙂🙂,
A BIG thank you to all the travelers who sent us postcards this year—my students are becoming real geography whizzes!!!!!!!! I’m renewing my call for your kindness this year! We’re also working on food, so if your postcards can make our mouths water with local dishes, traditional meals, or typical recipes, that’d be amazing!!
Here’s a quick recap of the project:
I’m reaching out to all travelers and globetrotters on this forum. I’m a teacher in Creuse, working in a ULIS program (which welcomes children aged 6 to 12 with disabilities into a mainstream school). This year, I’m starting a school journal project that will involve the kids in many different topics. A big part of the journal will focus on opening up to the world, diversity, travel, countries, culture...
I’m launching a call to invite as many of you as possible to send us a little postcard (from France or anywhere in the world!) to take us on a journey and help us discover new places, countries, and horizons—much more fun and exciting than a regular geography textbook! One section of our journal could be called "We received mail from " and would be an opportunity to research that location and share what we learn with our readers (a super enriching activity in class).
The project starts in September 2025 but has no real end date, as this journal and world discovery initiative will span several school years (the kids stay in my ULIS program for multiple years). Postcards can be sent anytime—throughout the year, across seasons, even during holidays! (The kids will find them when they return.)
I hope this idea appeals to as many of you as possible and that you’ll spread the word to your fellow traveler friends. Make us dream, take us on a journey!!!
For those who’d like to write to us in a language other than French, no problem—quite the opposite!!
Thank you in advance for your participation(s)! Below is our address. Feel free to leave your own address on a corner of the postcard if you’d like us to write back! 😊
The ULIS program students
Bonnat Elementary School
12 rue Georges Sand
23220 BONNAT
Thank you, and see you soon, I hope! 😁
Julien
Regarding the amount of tobacco you can buy during a trip in the European Union and bring back to France, we can't really talk about a "duty-free allowance," because the rules around how much tobacco you can bring back to France aren't straightforward at all under French law.
BOLIVIA: THE COUNTRY ON THE BRINK (What's Really Happening)
A dramatic saga is unfolding before our eyes in the Andes. Between suffocating blockades, clashes, an international airlift, and historic political decisions, Bolivia has just experienced 48 hours of rare intensity.
Here’s the full breakdown (economic, social, and political) of the last 48 hours:
For travelers and tourists: the article also includes an important note about the upcoming publication (starting tomorrow) of the precise status of roadblocks, route by route.
I’ll post the full update here on Voyage Forum!
Don’t miss this in-depth analysis. History is being written before our eyes! https://www.petitherge.com/bolivie-paralysie-et-ultimatum
I just discovered a great show on Arte.
It's called "7 en route": seven young European journalists travel around Europe in a fully converted bus, making reports on every city they visit. It's amazing! 🙂
Yesterday, for example, they were in Rome, Italy, and the reports included things like the world's smallest restaurant—a super romantic spot for two. There was also a report on the king of paparazzi in Italy.
They have to pick topics that let us discover the little quirks of each country. And at the end of each episode, we get to see the finished report.
It's such a great show, mixing journalism, travel, and discovery—basically, a must-watch!
It airs in the evening starting at 6:50 PM (I think), and it started this past Monday, July 14th.
If you watch it, let me know—we can chat about it!
I left my heart’s country eight days ago and returned to my adopted one—or was it the other way around? Scotland-Morvan, Morvan-Scotland, I’m not quite sure anymore.
After a quarter without dragging my slippers around here, even though I’d loudly declared I had no interest left in this site, here I am again!
My imagination never stays fallow for long. Just enough time for my inner land to rest. It gets overgrown with fresh nettles, the kind you can pick without getting stung. Then, it’s time to till the fragrant earth and let the story grow.
I hesitated over where to set this story.
Maybe the Highlands, maybe the Hebrides, maybe the Orkney Islands, maybe the Shetland Islands. All of Scotland is myth—easy to embroider.
But in the end, no. I’d almost be too afraid to bare my soul.
The story will take place at home. Simple, practical.
1)
This morning, I was up well before dawn, feeling a bit grumpy, but nothing a bowl of coffee won’t fix. I love my bowl, and no one dares take it. It’s porcelain, edged with intertwined blue flowers. On the bottom, it says "Revol." The factory has existed long before the Revolution. It was my great-grandmother’s bowl. She drank roasted barley from it during the war, then her Leroux chicory.
Last year, a little guy dropped it. My bowl broke into three pieces. A black anger vibrated deep inside me. The little boy was so upset, on the verge of tears. How could I scold him!
I picked up the three pieces and took Little Boy in my arms. His hair smelled of the light, sweet sweat of toddlers. A gentle hug that healed—his budding sorrow and my anger—everything vanished, and time carried on.
Today, my bowl is even prettier. Man fixed it using the traditional kintsugi technique, except he didn’t use gold powder or lacquer but superglue, and he delicately painted the cracks with woad blue. And my bowl is even more beautiful now.
I’m lingering, I can tell—it’s just that a story wraps itself in life, and life can’t be told in the snap of a finger. Life is long. Like in architecture, you start with a rough sketch, called a "sous-cul" (the initial pencil drawing), then you make a tracing, which is the work itself, the one you later carefully roll up in a wooden tube.
Life is like that: you erase, you start over, you use the nub of the pencil until it’s tiny, but you keep going—dreaming, loving.
"Living is a full-time occupation, a unique adventure. Always a surprise and a wonder, which sometimes turns into astonishment. And, from time to time, happiness."*
Alright, enough digressing—this introduction is definitely too long.
Tomorrow, I’ll get to the heart of the matter.
(I hate that expression; it feels like I’m cutting into someone’s skin.)
I’m Yann, a 28-year-old TikToker who loves traveling!
Since I’ve been to several destinations, I’d love to get a flag from each one as a sort of trophy. But from what I’ve seen online, a lot of sites sell them with what looks like really poor quality...
So I’m reaching out to you all to share a site you usually use—help me start my collection! :)
hi there
I’d love to get some opinions—I’ve never used Airbnb before.
They’re offering a key handover via lockbox.
Any tips or advice?
Is it reliable?
Best,
Hi there, I’m Laura, and I’m looking for a few people to answer some questions so I can understand your travel wishes and challenges. It won’t take long—I can chat here, by email, or by phone. Don’t worry, I’m not selling anything! 😊
On this forum, we talk a lot about trekking in the Himalayas, but I’d love to share another side of Nepal: its spiritual, cultural, and religious atmosphere, especially in Kathmandu.
Nepal, much like Tibet and Bhutan, is deeply connected to the Himalayas—the ultimate sacred mountain range. This small country exudes a calming vibe, shaped by a strong spiritual dimension. What I loved most was the unique sensory experience you get there. Walking around temples and tantric monasteries, a distinct scent fills the air—aromatic plants used for ritual fumigation. Locals mainly burn Himalayan juniper, cedar, sandalwood, and other local essences. This fragrant smoke is a way to purify the space and reach the deities, and you’re constantly enveloped in these aromas.
Another striking aspect is the sound. As soon as you step outside, you hear bells ringing in front of temples. People ring them three times before praying to announce their presence to the deities. Nepal is also the birthplace of singing bowls and sound meditation practices. In Kathmandu, you can easily find meditation sessions or "sound baths."
The spiritual dimension is everywhere: a Hindu sadhu practicing asceticism, a lama in deep red robes with his mala, turning a prayer wheel while murmuring "Om mani padme hum." Newar Buddhism, Tantrism, and Hinduism coexist harmoniously in daily life.
For those who love exploring a destination through its culture and spirituality, Nepal is an unforgettable place. What was your spiritual experience in Nepal like?
Hi,
I’m landing in Quebec and then heading to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. I’d like to rent a pick-up. My question is: does this vehicle come with a cover and is it secure enough to store luggage in? I’ve heard two conflicting opinions. Thanks
I just installed the Maps.Me app on my phone. I only recently found out about this app. I’m traveling in 2 weeks and a few days, and I’m a bit stuck on how to use it.
I’m from the Montreal (Quebec) area, and I’d love to know if there’s a kind soul out there who could help me get started and use the app at least minimally.
If there are private lessons available, I’d be interested in those too.
Like many others, I’m overjoyed to hear that VoyageForum is reopening! I’ve been waiting hopefully for this, and it’s wonderful that it’s finally happening!
I just couldn’t bring myself to actively participate in other French-language travel forums—their format and way of doing things never appealed to me as much. I really hope that VF’s structure, categories, and interface won’t change too much despite the handover, because I’m very attached to them. Through thick and thin, the site has held strong—it’s amazing!
In a previous message, François mentioned that there were positions to fill ahead of the reopening, including moderators...
I’ve been eagerly waiting for this and hoping to send in my CV.
Now, after reading the latest message, it seems like the team is already fully formed. But are there still a few spots left to fill?
I’ve been a VF member for 20 years (since 2004). I’d love to contribute to this wonderful adventure as a moderator if VF would trust me with the role. If the team is open to reviewing it, I’m ready to send my CV. Could you let me know the next steps?
I’m planning a 3-week trip to Japan in May with Voyage Privé. The package includes a 5 GB eSIM, but my phone isn’t new enough to support it. VP told me I could buy a SIM card when I arrive at the airport.
Sure enough, I’ve seen online that this is possible with different providers.
I only need it for checking routes, looking up addresses, train schedules, etc.—basically using Google Maps, TripAdvisor, and similar apps. No heavy downloads or major internet use. All hotels should provide free Wi-Fi for that, right?
Has anyone got any tips for me on this? What have you tried, and how much did it cost?
Thanks for your help!
I’d like to know if you can buy reef-safe sunscreen sprays at 7-Eleven. If so, how much do they cost? We’re traveling with backpacks, so we’ll either buy 100ml here or in Thailand.
I wanted to share a really unpleasant experience from our last trip booked with Promoséjours and organized by FTI.
We booked an 8-day/7-night stay in Egypt, from June 8 to 15.
The flight initially scheduled was changed a week before departure to take off at 10 PM from Paris CDG.
In the end, it took off with a 1-hour delay and included an unmentioned stopover in Marsa Alam.
We landed in Hurghada at 4 AM and arrived at the hotel at 6 AM.
So, we spent our first night on the plane.
For the return trip, surprise—the flight was moved up. We left the hotel at 10:30 PM on Friday the 14th to take off at 2 AM and land at 7 AM at Paris CDG.
So, we spent our last night on the plane too.
After sending a complaint letter to Promoséjours / FTI, they replied that the first and last days can be dedicated to transport (which I already knew) and that no matter how many nights you book, you’re not guaranteed to spend them in the hotel—it could just as well be on the plane.
I’m really questioning this.
Isn’t there a law that protects customers in cases like this?
Because when I do the math, the first and part of the second day were spent on transport, same for the second-to-last and last day. And I paid for 7 nights for a stay that only lasted 5.
Anyway, I just want to say thanks to them—thanks to their two sleepless nights in transit, I’m coming back even more exhausted from a trip that was supposed to be restful!
I also want to warn anyone booking through this agency about visas for Egypt.
At booking, they told me the visa was included in the price, then they sent me an email saying I’d have to pay for it on-site at 25 €.
Once there, we were directed to a special line for FTI customers, and guess what? They charged us 30 €!
Basically, they’re great at making sure you *enjoy* your vacation—mostly by enjoying your wallet!
If anyone has dealt with this kind of situation and won their case, I’m all ears.
Hi there!
I’m heading to Thailand for two months.
So I thought I’d get a Thai SIM card to use Google Maps for getting around cities, mostly.
Here’s my question: will this SIM affect my apps? Or will they work the same as with my Orange SIM?
Is there any setup I need to do, or can I just pop in the Thai SIM?
I’d also like to switch back to my Orange SIM now and then while I’m in Thailand—on the same phone. Will I need to reset the phone, or will it reconnect without any issues?
Thanks in advance for your tips!
Best,
Huiclos
Hi, I’d like to know where we can buy beer or wine in Chefchaouen and around Merzouga. We’ll be doing a circuit and staying at the Parador Hotel in Chefchaouen and in a bivouac in Merzouga.
Thanks for any info you can share!
Hello everyone,
I’m reaching out to all travelers and globe-trotters on this forum. I’m a teacher in Creuse working in a ULIS program (which welcomes children aged 6 to 12 with disabilities into a mainstream school). This year, I’m launching a school journal project that will involve the kids in many different topics. A big part of this journal will focus on opening up to the world, embracing differences, travel, global cultures, and more.
I’m putting out a call to invite as many of you as possible to send us a postcard (from France or anywhere in the world)! The goal is to help us "travel" and discover new places, countries, and horizons in a way that’s much more fun and exciting than a geography textbook. One section of our journal could be called "We received a letter from ," where we’d research the location and share what we learn with our readers—a really enriching activity for the classroom.
The project starts in September 2025 but doesn’t have a strict end date, since this journal and world-discovery initiative will span several school years (the kids stay in the ULIS program for multiple years). Postcards can be sent anytime—throughout the year, across seasons, even during holidays! The kids will find them when they return.
I hope this idea appeals to as many of you as possible, and that you’ll spread the word to your fellow travelers. Help us dream and explore!
For those who’d like to write to us in a language other than French, no problem—quite the opposite!
Thank you in advance for your participation! Below is our address. If you’d like us to write back, feel free to leave your address on a corner of the postcard! 😊
ULIS program students
Bonnat Elementary School
12 rue Georges Sand
23220 BONNAT
Thank you, and I hope to hear from you soon! 😊
Julien
🙂
Hi there! I have to leave Ivato/Antananarivo on December 16th. I have a lot of ariary that I’d like to exchange for euros since I might not be coming back to Madagascar (after this 21st trip). I think the exchange office at Ivato also buys ariary back. If any of you have seen the rate for this buyback in advance, thanks a million!
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for a website that would let me plot my travel route in advance so I can print it out. The idea is to create a map with a little “me” on a bike that my parents can move along as I progress, since I’m planning to cycle all the way to Nepal.
If any of you have done something similar or know of a good tool, I’d love to hear your tips!
Thanks in advance! 😊
I'm looking to buy an ultra-lightweight 50/55L travel backpack with a suitcase or front opening.
Does anyone have any brand and/or model recommendations?
Thanks,
Emma
Hello. We’re a retired couple heading to Sri Lanka from January to March. After the November floods, I’d like to know if we can offer hands-on help to the locals, maybe pack some clothes or other items people might need in our luggage, and who we could give them to. Thanks for any info from those on the ground.
Hi everyone, fellow travelers!
I’m looking for anyone who’s in Kyoto or planning to visit Nishiki Market! Here’s the thing: during our trip there in April, we discovered a jewelry artisan (highly recommended!) on the left when exiting through the west exit of Nishiki Market (which is a long covered east-west street). I bought a piece of jewelry for my daughter there, but she lost it. I’d love to buy her another one! In the photo, it’s the shop with the yellow awning to the right of the restaurant with the blue awning, "Sushi Sakai." Would any kind soul be willing to get the shop’s name, email, or phone number for me? Despite my Google/AI searches, it’s nowhere to be found. A thousand thanks to whoever can help me out! Wishing you all great vacations!
Sabrina
